[Occupymendocino] [Fwd: We weren't sent to help the bandits]

[agnes at mcn.org]

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Subject: [Fwd: We weren't sent to help the bandits]
From:    agnes at mcn.org
Date:    Wed, February 3, 2016 3:55 pm
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Occupy, I donated and will call my Rep. in the House to vote No on the
Financial Institution Customer Protection Act. Will you? Agnes
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Subject: We weren't sent to help the bandits
From:    "Elizabeth Warren" <info at elizabethwarren.com>
Date:    Wed, February 3, 2016 3:26 pm
To:      "Agnes Woolsey" <agnes at mcn.org>
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Elizabeth Warren for Senate
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Agnes,

Systematic fraud on Wall Street helped spark a financial crisis in 2008
that cost millions of Americans their jobs and their homes.

But federal prosecutors didn't put a single Wall Street executive in jail.
Not one. Instead, spineless regulators told them to pay a fine and asked
them nicely not to do it again.  It turned into a "get out of jail free"
card for the big banks that break the law.

You'd think the big banks would be happy with an enforcement system that
is so tepid that they could bake fines into the cost of doing business
instead of going to jail.

But nope, the banks are demanding even less oversight. This week, Wall
Street's buddies in Congress are lining up behind a bill to make it harder
to prosecute bank fraud. You heard that right: the House of
Representatives will be voting on a bill that will make it harder to
investigate and prosecute bank fraud.

Tell the House of Representatives that they work for the American people -
not Wall Street banks that break the law. Vote NO on the Financial
Institution Customer Protection Act:

http://my.elizabethwarren.com/page/s/donthelpthebandits

It's been more that seven years since the financial crisis. A lot of
people in Washington may want to forget, but the American people have long
memories.

We remember how corporate fraud caused millions of families to lose their
homes, their jobs, and their pensions. We also remember who made out like
bandits - and the American people didn't send us here to help the bandits.

The American people expect better from us. They expect us to protect the
financial system and to hold Wall Street executives accountable.

Wall Street and their Washington friends don't think you're paying
attention to what's going on in Congress this week. They don't think
you'll care about a complicated, jargon-filled bill that will weaken the
rules for corporate criminals.

Let's show Wall Street that the American people are watching - and we want
tougher enforcement on banks that break the law, not weaker. Tell Congress
to vote NO on Financial Institution Customer Protection Act this week.

http://my.elizabethwarren.com/page/s/donthelpthebandits

Thank you for being a part of this,

Elizabeth






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